Aloha!!

I have always heard that RSSC does an incredible job of decorating their ships for the holidays.

For those of you lucky enough to have done one of their holiday cruises, I'm just curious as to what to expect for the December 27 PARTY cruise.

Thanks so much.

I have never been onboard at this time, although I will be for PARTY. I think Marc can give some insight, however. It will be nice to hear what he has to say.

For Christmas, ship had expected decorations. Lots of garland, lots of trees.

For New Years, first year we did it in atrium of Mariner. Normal New Years Eve decorations. It was a fantastic experience with all the free flowing chocolate and caviar. On Voyager, we were going through Canal on New Years Eve. Therefore, they had the party up on the pool deck. Only thing I remembered is that they had tons of streamers along with the required hats and noise makers. Although most found it a better experience, I still preferred the previous year on Mariner.

PARTY will be similar to our Voyager cruise as that also departed on 27 Dec. Mariner departed on 19 December so pax and crew knew each other much better by time New Years rolled around.

You will certainly have a wonderful time. We wish we could sail Christmas/New Years every year.

When we leave Voyager on the 27th. I will let them know who will be boarding and make sure that the decorations are tidied up !!

One year, we all had little wreaths on our cabin doors and each one looked different.

Think upscale department store in the mall. There were lots of tasteful decorations in the public areas and lots of opportunites to get pictures in front of them.

They did have a door decorating contest in conjunction with the arts and craft class. I made a wreath for our door. Others brought wrapping paper and turned the door into a giant present.

New year's was as Marc described. Add a pinata to the party. By December 27, the Christmas decorations may be down. Can't remember. It happened very quickly one day.